Variable Scopes and Shadowing
Understand variable scopes and shadowing in Go, along with an overview of zero values.
A scope is part of the program in which a variable can be seen. In Go, we have the following variable scopes:
-
Package scoped: Can be seen by the entire package and is declared outside a function
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Function scoped: Can be seen within
{}
which defines the function -
Statement scoped: Can be seen within
{}
of a statement in a function (for
loop,if
/else
)
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